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MAERSK COLOMBO

CargoCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargoSingapore

Position 6 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
MAERSK COLOMBO
MMSI
566492000
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
Not reported
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
71
Type
Cargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo
Category
Cargo
Length overall
Not reported
Beam
Not reported
Draught
Not reported

Length is the sum of the two AIS reference-point dimensions fore and aft; beam is the sum of the port and starboard pair. Both come from the vessel's own static report.

Voyage & motion

Destination
Not reported
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
16.5 kn
Course over ground
264°
True heading
262°

Destination, ETA and navigational status are typed in on the bridge, not measured. Speed, course and heading come from the vessel's instruments.

Last known position

Latitude
36° 15.613' N
Longitude
2° 38.990' W
Decimal
36.26022, -2.64984
Received
6 min ago
Reported by ship
Not reported
Source feed
AISStream.io

This is the latest position our store holds, not a live fix. The vessel has been free to move for the whole of the age shown above.

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Only one position is held for this vessel, so no track can be drawn.

Nearby

Other vessels near this one

Everything else our snapshot holds within 25 nm of MAERSK COLOMBO's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from MAERSK COLOMBO
IAN MCargo ship2.8 nm0° N
NIEVES BCargo ship, no additional information4.1 nm314° NW
CHEM ABBEYTanker, carrying category A hazardous cargo4.7 nm317° NW
INCE ANADOLUCargo ship6.2 nm343° NNW
HLS EMERALDTanker, carrying category D hazardous cargo6.8 nm123° ESE
KAREWOOD BRAVECargo ship12.0 nm111° ESE
JUTLANDIA SWANTanker12.7 nm45° NE
BRUSSELS EXPRESSCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo12.7 nm277° W
EL SECREFishing vessel14.6 nm193° SSW
NVO RAMON Y DOLORESFishing vessel14.8 nm192° SSW
MSC ADU VCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo16.9 nm274° W
TORM DENISETanker18.0 nm231° SW
STRAIT PEARLCargo ship20.9 nm245° WSW
AFRICAN ARROWCargo ship21.3 nm244° WSW
MERNA 1Cargo ship22.6 nm61° ENE

Ranked by great-circle distance from MAERSK COLOMBO's last known fix, both taken from the same snapshot moment. Neither vessel has necessarily stayed put since — see the age shown above for how stale each position may be. Also available as JSON: /api/nearby.

What this data means

Reading this record

Everything above comes from two different AIS transmissions. Position, speed, course and heading arrive in message 1, 2 or 3, broadcast every few seconds while under way — that is why the position age above can be very small. Name, MMSI, IMO number, call sign, type and dimensions arrive in a separate static report — message 5 for a Class A transponder, message 24 for Class B — sent only around once every six minutes. A vessel can therefore show a fresh position with an old or missing static report, or the reverse.

Nothing here is estimated, interpolated, or carried over from a previous ship at the same MMSI. Where the vessel did not transmit a field, or transmitted a value the standard defines as "not available", we print “Not reported” rather than guess.

Data for this page comes from AISStream.io under Free for any use. Field meanings are explained in the reference guides. Nothing on this page is derived, estimated or filled in — where a field is empty, we print “Not reported”.